NyodiersCradle: cradling more than a 8 year old

Every year, I attempt to celebrate the entire month of my born day. Past years, I make it a tradition to go to the beach to celebrate..After all, I’m a Pisces and I take the whole water thing seriously lol…actually I’ve always been serious, it’s just fun to blame my addiction on my zodiac sign Well, this year it started off rocky. I had an injury that I’m still healing from (clumsy me ..sssh..my mom nicknamed me that) so the beach is out for this weekend..maybe next week. So what to do? There are a few things going on this weekend that I could get into …just haven’t been inclined to decide on one (code for not that interested) One of my dear friends will be celebrating with me on one of the days so I only need to plan something for the actual day. Oddly enough, my mommy and I share the same born day. It’s always hectic so we celebrate earlier in the month. I took her to one of her favorite past times, going to a play. Had a great time, even ate like schoolgirls after it was over and reminisced til it was painful haha. ok ok..back to making plans…any suggestions? I love to write poetry and gaze at spoken word artists..there is an event later that night …hmmmn..one idea…add get plastered to the mix and it’s a party woo hoo! Getting plastered isn’t literal..I will get a little spirited but not hangover status =) Need something more exciting but economical….ideas to churn up in the dome…gonna be harder than I thought….and if you’re wondering..39 years on this beautiful Earth come Friday so in light of the go all out 40th that will come next year, I must at least lead up to it with a memorable 39th, right? *off to ponder*

I often laugh at myself on how I tend to forget I have a blog site. Yet, I comment on other’s blogs. How can that be explained? I write almost daily, so hmmmn…guess I’m simply old school. I still use the term “Word” at times. I think I consider myself old school modern. I am definitely into new things but obviously old school about certain things. I love the feel of holding a book I’ve purchased from the book store or checked out from the library. That could be one reason I haven’t bought a Kindle or Nook. I love my bookcase and I enjoy looking at my collection of what I consider classic novels My eight year old has been pressuring me for almost a year to get a Nook and I may. She tried to make a case about traveling and packing light. Instead of bringing a book bag full of books, it would be nice to read them from the Nook and think of the activities, she mentioned. Good point grasshopper, duly noted. The world is sort of compact now, isn’t it? That’s what I derived from her analysis of packing light for travels in pursuit of reverse psychology, resulting in my buying an e-reader that boasts of other activities to entice the children and worry their parents. Sigh, I am in the wrong profession. Another old school habit of mine is writing in my journals. I make it a ritual with my favorite hot liquid to sip on, mellow and soul moving music, a certain lighting perhaps. This is possibly why I forget to write in my blog. I have a blog friend who reminds me indirectly most times J As I’m typing this, I had an epiphany. I would love to sit and type all of this, among other stories, on a typewriter. The noisy kind. Sitting by a window in a modern looking bedroom. See, old school modern. Last night would have been perfect. Imagine looking out the window at snow falling down as you type. That sounds blissful to me, I must make that happen soon J Who has a cabin for me to visit with my old school typewriter? So, more promises to myself to blog more as much as I write possibly. This would fit in the category new things. I’m accustomed to writing my poetry, random notes of thought and daily accounts of this journey called life into cute and unique objects filled with paper. As I continue to be serenaded by Meshell Ndegeocello’s new cd Weather mixed in with Esperanza  and Roy Ayers, I’ll think about blogging more. *giggling*

…still enjoying my existence
with my fave season…seventy degree days, sunny and bright….cool
nights…currently sitting on my porch listening to nature…the normal and
abnormal just noticed a fox on the street…see why they are called sly…no
noises were made..quietly lurking smh…*where’s my nighttime protection?* no
complaints tho..so much building and over-population, they and their
competition (the deer) have nowhere to go…sigh

I planned to have a lazy weekend
and today pretty much was until my almost 8-year-old reminded me she was also
in the house and lazy just wasn’t gonna work…so I bribed her..lets be artists
today for awhile…write, draw or build something…took her a couple of
hours…you know since it was independent a half pack of construction paper,
glitter, paint , stencils, sharpies and sharpened pencils donned her floor but
the end result…creatively beautiful..she loves these things and I encourage
it…its’s good for her development as some sort of artist that she says she
will be when she grows up …also equals “me” time for
moi…genius…..so of course I rewarded her…we indeed ventured out…ice
cream and the park for her…reading for me in between picture-taking and being
her cheerleader…love love love being her cradle

Well tomorrow is a traditional day
of the week for us…enjoying time with my sister, her
“auntee”…prepare for the upcoming, long drawn out
week..smh…*praying for a fast and productive week* ready for the weekend
again already…the Fair is here! Cotton candy, candy apples, dinosaur size
turkey legs and roasted corn…can’t forget the elephant ear/funnel cake
…feel my excitement?

I have no plans today except to rearrange the closet, the room to welcome my fave season of the year….Fall Ironically, I have been porch sitting for over an hour…allowing the breeze to envelop me while reading a Scarpetta novel and sipping my “morning thunder” black tea….Coffee was first but tea is so deserving with this new season of weather. I’m in heaven right now…watching my daugher play with her friend, rediscovering nature and it’s “toys” because she sure hasn’t touched what she brought outside yet…”Hey mommy, I found the last pear in the tree that the deer must have overlooked” hmmmn, maybe or they were too full from ravishing the rest of the tree that they found it hilarious to leave one I did at least start on the closet and room…changed my comforter and linens, changed my wall art and started washing last year’s fall attire…*clapping*

While listening to the children, I created a music playlist of Sade, Esperanza, Stevie, Jilly from Philly and Santana….as delicious as this celestial tea I’m sipping on…and I’m currently writing a poem about my reflections on Fall, because yes, I love it so. So the noises of laughter and jazzy neosoul sounds is perfect for my tribute..thoughts tumbling down and I’m smiling….on another note, my daughter’s teacher has asked the students to write a piece about Fall. I wasn’t challenged as a 2nd grader to write about observations in Nature, thank God for my mother I figure I would give her some pointers, although she loves to write and usually writes beautifully without my help..She has been saying for the past two years that she is going to be an artist and a writer..will most definitely surpass me since she has a love for it so early…mine came later.

well…I’ve been summoned…not gonna be a lazy Saturday after all…heart my friends tho..at least they’re relaxing so I’ll still feel like I’m in relax mode….but first, gonna go chase some clouds

I so forgot I had this blog…I whimsically write in my journal daily as if I’m speaking to an audience so might as well type it here right? Signed up in February and editing my “first” post now lol…I could blame the other social sites, my lurking on other’s blogs and profile pages for entertainment…but I won’t I usually then pour my day out in my journal….I take a “reminiscing” trip down memory lane and laugh all by myself and my so called literary humor…I toggle between facebook, twitter, more recently Goggle plus and always forget to come here..So this will be a mini journal so to speak…mini meaning I could type all day but I have an eager 7 year old to entertain…it does make the day go faster plus it allows me to pretend I’m really ‘hanging” with her energy level…denial comes into play here because I’m feeling the effects of the new and improved hide and go seek…walking and running for hours…I’ll rather play tag (showing my age)

ok…so my mind keeps wandering back to Google plus…the alleged new version of Facebook…hmmmn…Why would I want another facebook? Did they think changing friends to circles and adding their colors would make it seem different or are the similarities planned? Guess it will grow bigger soon and shut facebook down….Or maybe that’s the plan too…surely Facebook didn’t think their new changes would be received with open arms? I mean the ticker timeline thingy? A chunk of apple bitten from twitter…I personally do not approve of every and anyone seeing what I post on someone else’s page….and especially if they aren’t a friend of said friend…Have we gotten that nosey now Facebook? What are the privacy settings for? I may as well cancel the customizing because it doesn’t matter lol…And the only solution at this point is to ask every friend to uncheck comments and likes? Alrighty then…wait for it….Think I’m gonna go locate Mark Zuckerberg’s email addy, twitter handle, all forms of communication and curse him out in cursive for the goggle earth syndrome…aaah, I digress…They were already seeing everything, I just don’t want to SEE that you are seeing everything….

….so let me find my mellow state again…Otis Redding

“wearing that same old jacket dress..yea yea yea..but when she gets weary,, try a little tenderness yeah”